Donald Ash is an Atlanta, Georgia-born, American expat who has been living in a Japanese time warp for the last eleven years. While in that time warp, he discovered that he absolutely loves writing, blogging, and sharing. Donald is the creator of thejapanguy.com blog. Wanna know more about this guy? Check out his "What's Your Story" page.
By Donald Ash | Most Popular Posts
Am I making an Asian faces quiz because I’m racist? Or maybe I’m making this quiz about pretty Asian women because I’m extremely chauvinistic? Hell no! Could it be because I’m into dating Asian women? NO WA…wait. Okay, that one’s true, but that’s beside the point. How did the idea for this quiz come about, you ask? […]
By Donald Ash | Best Anime Quizzes
Attack on Titan is one of the most popular series to come along in recent years, and for good reason, IT’S AMAZING! It’s the kind of series where the first episode hooks you right away. There’s none of that, “Watch the first few episodes, and you’ll get into it,” business. The first episode punches you […]
By Donald Ash | Japan Guides
Quick Navigation TEACH ENGLISH IN JAPAN VIDEO 1 – Hello and Welcome(Video Transcript)VOCAB FREEZETHE PURPOSE OF THIS VIDEO SERIESDISCUSSION TOPICSHOW TO USE THIS VIDEO SERIESTEACH ENGLISH IN JAPAN VIDEO 2 -Intro To English Teaching StylesTEACH ENGLISH IN JAPAN VIDEO 3 -Eikaiwa Teaching ExplainedTEACH ENGLISH IN JAPAN VIDEO 4 -Assistant Language Teaching Explained(Video Transcript)WHY DOES THE ALT […]
By Donald Ash | Japanese Video Games
I don’t know how it was in your state, or in your country but in ‘Jawja’ (Georgia) back in the early 90’s EVERY major mall had an arcade? American arcade games were as much a craze as they were a social gathering. You’d walk in on a Friday night or a Saturday/Sunday afternoon and see gamers […]
By Donald Ash | How To Learn Japanese - For Beginners
Hey gang! Before we even get started with this Japanesepod101 review, I want to let you know that YES, I am an affiliate for the Japanese pod. If you decide purchase this program through any of the links on this page, I do earn a commission for it. However, I do want you to know that I would NEVER […]
By Donald Ash | Commercial Work
I’ve been doing a bit of winter blog cleaning, and I’ve been looking through a slew of old posts finding so many links the weren’t working anymore and going back to fix them. I noticed that much of the commercial stuff I did wasn’t on YouTube anymore. YIKES! I was sifting through my personal backups […]
By Donald Ash | Teach English In Japan Hub
I remember making the decision to quit my job as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) with Interac like it was yesterday. The anxiety is still quite fresh in my mind. I remember thinking “How am I gonna explain my reasoning to people?” More importantly, I started thinking “If you’re not ALT teaching if you’re not […]